the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat; "cooking can be a great art"; "people are needed who have experience in cookery"; "he left the preparation of meals to his wife"

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Jack's new play kitchen in the playroom. The "Suzy Homemaker" toy range came from an antique store for $35. The pots and pans are a miniature set of Revere Ware, complete with copper bottoms, and were mine when I was a girl. The table and chairs are from BabyStyle and were a first birthday present.

I wanted my son to have a play kitchen but didn't want to buy a "made" one. I enjoyed putting this together from things we had around the house. He loves to play with it and spends many hours "cooking" up a storm.

Copper Pot

I bought this nice Revere Ware pot at Goodwill. The bottom was malformed such that it did not sit on my range without rocking a bit. My solution: heat the bejesus out of it with the range and beat it with a hammer wrapped in terry cloth. The bottom flattened nicely and acquired some interesting color patterns which, not surprisingly, have since faded with oxidation.